Alliance Steel Kuantan plant

From Global Energy Monitor

Alliance Steel Kuantan plant, also known as ASSB plant, Kawasan Industri Malaysia-China Kuantan plant, and MCKIP plant, is a 3500 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel plant operating in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

Location

The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.

Loading map...
  • Location: Kawasan Industri Malaysia-China Kuantan (MCKIP), Jalan Gebeng By Pass, 26080 Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia[1]
  • Coordinates (WGS 84): 4.007595, 103.344458 (exact)


Background

Alliance Steel was established in April 2014.[2] The plant was build with a total investment of 1.4 billion USD jointly developed by Malaysian and Chinese partnership.[3] On 31 March 2022, Alliance Steel signed an MoU with Pahang government for the expansion of the plant from 3.5 mtpa to 10 mtpa with an investment of 1.8 billion USD.[4][5]

Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant status Start date Workforce size
operating[6] 2017[7] 3500[8]

Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information

State-owned entity status State-owned entity department Parent company Parent company PermID Owner Owner company PermID
partial[9] People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Investment Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region[9] Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Port Group Co Ltd [50%]; Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgical Co Ltd [50%][10][11][9] 5000910985 [50%]; 5000577864 [50%] Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd[9] 5071171452

Table 3: Process and Products

Steel product category Steel products Main production equipment Detailed production equipment
finished rolled[12] bar; wire rod; H-beam steel[12] blast furnace (BF) and basic oxygen furnace (BOF)[9] BOF (# unknown); coke oven (began in 2018); sinter plant[7][13][9][14]

Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Basic oxygen furnace steelmaking capacity Nominal crude steel capacity (total)
3500 TTPA[9] 3500 TTPA

Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):

Blast furnace capacity Nominal iron capacity (total)
3500 TTPA[9][14] 3500 TTPA

Table 6: Upstream Products Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum)

Sinter Coke
>0 TTPA[12] >0 TTPA[12]


Blast Furnace Details

Table 7: Blast Furnace Details:

Unit name Status Start date Current size Current capacity
1 operating[9][14] March 2018[9][14] 1080 m³[14] 1750 TTPA[9]
2 operating[9][14] 2018[9][14] 1080 m³[14] 1750 TTPA[9]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112202009/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_11_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Grandway Advised Alliance Steel (M) Sdn Bhd on RMB Multi-Billion Cross-Border Syndicated Loan Financing". www.grandwaylaw.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  3. "Company Profile". alliancesteel.com.my. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  4. T.N.Alagesh (2022-03-31). "Alliance Steel strengthens presence with RM5bil investment for factory expansion [NSTTV] | New Straits Times". NST Online. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  5. "Alliance Steel continues to expand amid downturn". www.kallanish.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20211126041058/http://alliancesteel.com.my/. Archived from the original on 2021-11-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220127101444/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_10_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120195501/http://alliancesteel.com.my/article_31.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 https://web.archive.org/web/20220111152615/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_6_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-11. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20211119163747/https://www.bbwport.com/bbwport/list?columnsId. Archived from the original on 2021-11-19. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20210628102913/http://www.gxslyj.com/about.aspx. Archived from the original on 2021-06-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220351/http://alliancesteel.com.my/articleList_4_1.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. https://web.archive.org/web/20220207221149/https://www.mysteel.net/article/4003383-05/Alliance-Steel-ignites-its-first-blast-furnace-.html. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 14.6 14.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20220207221054/http://alliancesteel.com.my/article_34.html?lang. Archived from the original on 2022-02-07. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Other resources



Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of steel power plants, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Steel Plant Tracker and Global Blast Furnace Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.